BLINDNESS

September 9, 2008

Blindness (2008) dir. Fernando Meirelles
Starring: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Don McKellar, Gael Garcia Bernal, Danny Glover, Alice Braga

***

“Blindness” is a mixed bag of intriguing high concept intellectual ideas and thriller genre cliches. Unfortunately it’s an oil and water concoction. What’s frustrating is that both elements could have worked with a seemingly simple idiot check somewhere in the script stage. A couple of massive plot holes drown the entire second act and the film only barely emerges for air in the finale to save itself. Read the rest of this entry »

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Posted by Alan Bacchus

CONTROL ALT DELETE

September 3, 2008

Control Alt Delete (2008) dir. Cameron Labine
Starring: Tyler Labine, Sonja Bennett, Geoff Gustafson, Keith Dallas, Alisen Down

**1/2

Coming out of the Canada First! Program at TIFF is Cameron Labine’s directorial debut, another entry in the long line of Canadian sex comedies. Everyone has a fetish, and Labine decides to give his lead character, Lewis, one of the sickest and most headturning. Lewis likes to have sex with desktop computers. It’s a wild ridiculous concept, something which could only be gotten away with in Canada or Scandinavia. Unfortunately, despite the concept the film has difficulties sustaining its humour beyond its festish raunchiness. Read the rest of this entry »

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Posted by Alan Bacchus

CANADIAN FILMS AT TIFF

July 16, 2008

Sick of reading the “highlights” of the Canadian films being represented at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival? Find it difficult to navigate through the multiple press releases on the TIFF website?

Well, here’s the full list of Canadian films – all in one place. Read the rest of this entry »

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Posted by Alan Bacchus